William Roscoe Wright, Gilbert Cecil West, and Mertie West lean on a railing on the Santa Monica pier, Santa Monica, 1941

Item Overview

Title

William Roscoe Wright, Gilbert Cecil West, and Mertie West lean on a railing on the Santa Monica pier, Santa Monica, 1941

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

January 12, 1941

Date

1941-01-12

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Mertie Whitaker West was H. H. West's second wife. Gilbert Cecil West was the son of Evert and Myrtle West, and H. H. West's second cousin twice removed. William Roscoe Wright was Gilbert's friend.
William Roscoe Wright, Gilbert Cecil West, and Mertie West lean on a railing on the Santa Monica pier. There is a boy on a scooter at the left and other people walking and standing on the pier. Below them, there is a sign reading, "24 Hr. shore-boat excursions. Excursions. Chart boats. Clark Boat Service" and below that, in part, "take that interesting trip out around the fishing barges down to Santa Monica..." At the left, there is an advertisement for the Port Hole Café. Mountains, houses, and the beach are in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1917. Santa Monica, California. January 12, 1941. We take Gilbert Cecil West and his buddy William Roscoe Wright on a sightseeing trip thru [sic] Hollywood to the beach. 1. Left to right: William Roscoe Wright, Gilbert Cecil West, Mertie Whitaker West. Taken on the Santa Monica pier looking at the boats inside the yacht breakwater. 1 film.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w acetate negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Wright, William Roscoe
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
West, Gilbert Cecil, 1919-1985

Location

California--Santa Monica

Longitude

34.008611

Latitude

-118.498611

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Soldiers--American--California--Los Angeles
Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.)